Chapter 196

Jake was linking someone, ‘When will it arrive?’

‘In a week or so.’ A woman’s voice linked in response.

‘And if I need it earlier? What’s the price?’

‘That’s not possible. You know how long it takes to synthesize oleander.’

‘Can’t you speed up the process?!’

‘We could. But the quality would be subpar. Would you accept a product of inferior quality?’

Jake groaned. ‘Fine. And the other one? The shell?’

‘The ingredients for that are harder to collect. It will take more time. We need a month, at least. You’ve run out of that already?’

‘No. But supply is running low.’

‘What did you do? Ingest it just for fun?’

Lucianne was brought out of the link by Xandar shaking her shoulders and calling out her name. The room was silent. Xandar’s eyes were partially onyx, worried and angered, as he asked in a low voice, “What were you doing, Lucy?”

Lucianne swallowed a lump in her throat, and said in a small voice, “I may have…hacked in